Staff from a range of council teams and officers from Merseyside Police joined representatives from the likes of Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, social housing providers and community groups throughout the week.
The Summer Reading Challenge invites children aged four to 11 to visit their local library, discover new books and enjoy a summer filled with fun, imagination, and outdoor inspiration.
The “Stories of Nature” project promises to take young people on a wild journey covering much of what Wirral’s diverse environments have to offer, whether that be the area’s extensive coastline, award-winning parks, leafy woodlands or urban expanses.
This consultation is to seek people’s views on a proposed PSPO to deter individuals and groups from engaging in the kind of crime and anti-social behaviour that has been blighting the shopping areas around Liscard in recent months.
The proposals are based around a core eight-site model of council operated library buildings designed to ensure the council meets its statutory duties in providing a ‘comprehensive and efficient’ library service, while still rationalising the service in line with this year’s budget resolution.
Public events have been taking place in each of the five areas where local people come along, hear a ‘pitch’ from the applicant and cast their vote on which ones they wanted to get the funding.
At the training event last week at the Floral Pavilion in New Brighton, representatives of KnifeSavers were on hand to give people the skills and confidence to slow blood loss and demonstrate how the kits work.
As part of EVOLVE Wirral, the council has been carrying out significant environmental improvements in the last 12 months. Among the successes are an award from Keep Britain Tidy for community engagement for their commitment to improving three local estates.
A partial Closure Order was granted on the 15 May 2025 by Sefton Magistrates’ Court on two properties in Price Street, Birkenhead, for crime and anti-social behaviour
